Reinstall and Re-register Apps in Windows 10  

wedus10 said:

Somebody, please help. I tried to do step 2 on the first option to fix windows apps problem, but after that the start menu and cortana won't work. I can't even open the windows settings anymore. When I tried to open sticky notes which is pinned on my taskbar it said explorer.exe Class not registered. And when I tried to boot into safe mode I got explorer.exe Unknown hard error. I tried to do in place upgrade to fix it but still not working. Is there a way to fix it without reinstalling windows?

Hello,

Usually if a repair install can't fix it, it's time for a clean install of Windows.

Hello @wedus10,

wedus10 said:

Somebody, please help. I tried to do step 2 on the first option to fix windows apps problem, but after that the start menu and Cortana won't work. I can't even open the windows settings anymore. When I tried to open sticky notes which is pinned on my taskbar it said explorer.exe Class not registered. And when I tried to boot into safe mode I got explorer.exe Unknown hard error. I tried to do in place upgrade to fix it but still not working. Is there a way to fix it without reinstalling windows?

Brink said:

Usually if a repair install can't fix it, it's time for a clean install of Windows.

I agree with @Brink . . .

> How to Do a Repair Install of Windows 10 with an In-Place Upgrade
> How to Clean Install Windows 10

If you go down this route, I would also advise [ Recommend ] that you Export [ Backup ] your Drivers . . .

> How to Backup and Restore Device Drivers in Windows 10

I hope this helps.

md1 said:

The Windows Store app would open and crash after a few seconds. Option one Step 3 was the only thing that worked after trying many other fixes.
Great work on this post Shawn!

KeithCat said:

I put it in

PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "& {$manifest = (Get-AppxPackage *MSPaint*).InstallLocation + '\AppxManifest.xml' ; Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $manifest}"

but it keeps saying:


= : The term '=' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct
and try again.
At line:1 char:5
+ & { = (Get-AppxPackage *MSPaint*).InstallLocation + '\AppxManifest.xm ...
+ ~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (=:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Hello Keith, and welcome to Ten Forums.

It looks like you are running the command in PowerShell instead of Command Prompt.

filmman said:

How can I close these apps that appear to be currently in use?

I appreciate any help.

Hello,

There's really nothing you can do to stop the "in use" if it's an app used by the system. Otherwise, you could try restarting the computer, and try again.